I did share the site below with my students. It allows you to choose words and phrases in any language that are then spoken by a native speaker. We practiced our Thai and German since we have an exchange student from each of those countries.Very fun! " If you don’t speak the language of your chosen country, the many resources here will help! Besides lists of foreign languages spoken in individual countries, there are also dictionaries, international holiday and festival calendars, a foreign word-of-the-day feature, and on-line multi-language word games. This site could generate many fun activities, such as collecting certain phrases in several languages or matching languages to countries. For example, many students may not realize that Brazilians speak Portuguese or that Dutch is the main language spoken in Belgium." http://www.travlang.com
Jenae Tilley 9-12th Grade Math
Ancient World Exploration
This activity provides the website www.teachingideas.co.uk/math/worksheets/ratiows.htm.This was a great tool that I used the day before the midterm test in my Algebra I class to help my students review for the section covering ratios and proportions.It thought it was great for them to see some practical applications.It covers recipes, money, mixing paint, etc.They loved it!I will use it again when I get to that concept in Geometry.The students said it helped them understand, by using the repetitive problems and applying it to real world concepts.
Baseball Safety
In Algebra II we are on the parabola unit.This activity offered a website, www.ugrad.math.ubc.ca that has a calculus lesson on Rates of Change and the Slope of a Curve and The Velocity of the Falling Ball.I used this as a power point to show the students the relation of parabolas and how it changes form an Algebra II concept to a calculus concept.Some that feared the word “calculus” saw that it was very relative.When they could easily solve the problems at the end of the activity, they thought maybe calculus wouldn’t be so hard.
Water Supply in a Growing Community
On this website, under the math activity, there is a fantastic link, www.analyzemath.com/Trigonometry. This website provides a trig tutorial with practice problems.Since the ACT test is coming up and this is an area in which my students need to improve, I shared this website with them.It has trig problems with detailed solutions, problems and self tests to identify graphs, and you can also access trig tables.(So I also shared this with my son for his college trig class.)This site also gives links and tutorials on geometry, Equations and Inequalities, Absolute Value and other algebra concepts.It also has free worksheets to download and free graph paper.I don’t even want to tell you how much time I have spent here!!Let’s just say for the past week and a half we have been reviewing for ACT in Algebra III and we have lived on this website.It was my favorite by far!!
J. J. Grantham 9-12th Grade English
Citations
This was an excellent site (www.cite.auckland.ac.nz/) for high school students looking to simplify research papers, essays, and other writing assignments.I have always directed students to easybib.com for any questions regarding MLA citation guidelines, but I found this sight to be much more user friendly in terms of navigation. It also provides wonderful links on how to incorporate references into the actual text. Thanks Referencite!You’ve made life worth living!
Power Proofreading / Guide to Grammar and Writing
These resources would be useful to students of all ages in teaching students how to effectively proofread their own papers as well as their peers. I really appreciate the fact that the proofing is done in the context of paragraphs as opposed to individual sentences.
Brenda Silvers 7-9th Grade English
Power Proofreading
I love this website, http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread. I played the 7th and 8th grade proofreading games for almost 45 minutes. The scenarios were interesting to read and very pertinent to my curriculum. I can see myself using this with my 7th graders as a follow up to grammar lessons that I teach. I could also use it when I am pushing the proofreading step in the writing process with my 8th graders. This would really help them learn to spot and fix errors in a fun way that I think they could then easily apply to their own writing. The only problem that I can see with implementing this in my classroom is our shortage of student computers. We have mobile laptop labs, but I think the number of working computers in those labs is dwindling quickly. I will have to check with our schools technology director about available computers for my students. If I can figure out a way to put my students in front of a computer, I will use this proofreading website.
Guide to Grammar and Writing
WOW! I am in awe of this website http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/. Thank you so much for helping me to find it. I spent more than two hours investigating this site and did not want to stop when I did. It contains student-friendly grammar and writing explanations that range from very basic to extremely complicated, as well as, interactive quizzes and activities that students will enjoy and like using. Since our student computer situation is n't so hot, I could use the explanations and interactive quizzes as group activities and teaching tools because I do have a laptop connected to a projector in my classroom. However, the aspect that I am most excited about are the powerpoint presentations, WOW! I can begin using them now with my 8th graders. I will use them as supplements to my writing instruction. The "Paragraph (basic structure)", "Avoiding Run-On Sentences", "Avoiding Sentence Fragments", and "Clauses:Essential Building Blocks" are all powerpoint presentations that I will use in the very near future with my 8th graders, as we are studying these topics now in my classroom. They will provide extra instruction and will reinforce what I have already taught on these topics. The other powerpoint presentations on various grammar points are also very relevant and useful. When we get into proofreading and peer editing our essays, then I can easily use these grammar powerpoints as quick mini-lessons on writing errors on which they need to focus while they are proofreading their own writing or peer editing another's writing. I could have searched the web all day and not found such a great site. Thank you, again.
Read Write Think
I really like this wesite http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=36. The first Read Write Think Lesson called a "A Poem of Possibilties: Thinking about the Future" can be found here http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=943. This website has the lesson plans and resources ready to go for teaching this lesson to students. I am so impressed. I can see my Freshmen really immersing themselves in this assignment. Updike's poem will be very relevant to them, and they will enjoy thinking and writing about what they believe they will be doing five years from now. I also like the "ReadWriteThink Printing Press" http://interactives.mped.org/ppress110.aspx . I believe this site could be utilized by all of my students for a varieity of purposes and writing assignments. I see it as a reward for their completion of the writing process and way of publishing their writing in a technologically creative fashion, which they will thoroughly enjoy just like they enjoyed the Glogster website.
Carolyn Lunsford 7-9th Grade Math
I really enjoyed looking at these activities. I found about half of them to be helpful in my classroom. These are my favorites:
Virtual Trip Around the World
This activity contains some interesting applications that allow students to learn a variety of facts about different countries via the computer. I really enjoyed the google earth link: http://earth.google.com/ as a tool to bring the world to your computer screen. The activity addressed such math concepts as mean, median and mode, data collection and graphs, statistics and slope. Graphs and slope are really important concepts in algebra so I like to present these concepts in as many ways as possible to better help students understand them. I firmly believe that a good math lesson is often 'hidden' in a project that students consider fun and interesting.
Factory Systems in England
This activity caught my eye because it includes the concept of rate of change. I have found that my pre-algebra students are able to master the concept of slope, but have more trouble understanding rate of change. Additional concepts covered in this activity include cost of living, data collection and graphing, budgets, ratios and density. I like to assign projects to students to allow them to relate a variety of concepts that are cross-curricular. A helpful tool for preparing projects is the Inspiration software: http://www.inspiration.com/Inspiration . This software helps students in the planning, organization, reasearch and presentation portions of project development.
Lost in Space
This activity was by far my favorite. I like the idea of coming up with an intergalactic address and understanding how the planets are positioned relative to this point in space - maybe it just brings out the astronaut in me. Concepts included in this activity include plotting points on the coordinate plane, calculating distances, conversion to metric units, and comparing numbes in scientific notation. Students will be able to study and use GPS (Global Positioning System), PNT (Positioning, Navigation and Timing) and ERS software. Some helpful links include:
~The PASSPORT TO THE RAINFOREST link found deep within the LM/Technology for Content Idea 19) Rainforest is a huge resource for teachers.It is the result of the collaboration with the Biodiversity Program at America's National Museum of Natural History (part of the Smithsonian Institution) and Brazil's National Institute for Research in Amazonia (INPA).As these research agencies conducted "what is likely the world's largest ever environmental experiment, PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE was able to document the plants and animals of prime tropical rainforest".Videos are posted showcasing researchers from across Latin America and around the world, as well as from North America. The websites states that "they function as "Rainforest Mentors", friendly, engaging tour guides to the scientific realities of the forest. Speaking directly to camera, they make viewers feel, in some ways, as if they are truly visiting the forest".I felt that these videos and accompanying activities would be useful for my 7th grade life science classes, specifically when we cover biomes.The website is too large to use in its entirety but provides extremely comprehensive coverage of the topic.The fact that "real" research is offered by relatively young scientists is also nice for leading into discussions about careers.
Lewis and Clark-Science
Through this content topic I found the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife website http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/watchabl.htmAlthough not the most extensive resource, it does offer useful links, such as, Project Wet and Project Wild for those teachers interested in this training.On a personal note, I did appreciate the winter bird list link
The Discovery Channel Education linkHabitats of the World - Lesson Plan Library had great lesson plans as usual.They were listed as being designed for grade K-5 but would still be useful for my 7th grade Life Science classes.The best part of any internet resource it the ability to take only what is needed and/or alter it for the needs of the classroom.Something new here was the vocabulary section that not only spelled the term and gave its definition, but would also pronounce it.
The Water Cycle activity found at RNR: "The Water Cycle" Lesson Plan would be an excellent activity to demonstrate.Lesson plans include the procedure’s materials, instructions and student questions.The clouds formed would really surprise the students and illustrate the overall water cycle very well.This Penn State site also include other lesson plans, such as, “Ecosystems”, “Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources”, “Endangered, Threatened & Extinct”, and Watersheds & Wetlands”.
Melanie Ballard Technology
OSU ITQ Follow-up Susan Stansberry, Black History: I am thinking of working with Jimmie Sue Blose during her Black History section.We will work with 5th and 6th graders.I would like to teach them to use refined google searches that you shared with us and research the areas that Mrs Blose chooses for them and then help them make a video using of what they learn and teach them to post http://schooltube.com/. I also think that http://webquest.org/would be a great tool to use with this lesson and many others Lost In Space: I really think that I could use the toondo idea to help the teacher make one of their science lessons for fun and interesting for their students.I can really think the kids could come up with some cute and creative cartoons about space and space travel. To me toondo would let the kids express what they have learned in a way that is on their level and the teacher could still see that they got the concept that was being taught. Roller Coaster: http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/ I would use this site to give our science class some ideas when they are doing their research for the Science Fair. I really think I am better prepared for providing assistance to the teachers this year with this new technology information you have provided for me.
Thanks
Posted below, are the Fall of 2008 follow-up activities, materials, and links that were completed by the Ripley Public School's OSU ITQ team.
Jennifer Marlow 9-12th Grade Science
- Virtual Trip Around the World LM/Technology
I’ve been working on the follow-up materials and am hooked on the Google Earth mapping activities listed under the LM/Technology for “Virtual Trip Around the World”. So far, the activities have consisted of training teachers how to use these amazing resources. There are vast amounts of links that show us how to use this technology in the classroom. Just unbelievable.http://gelessons.com/lessons/newlessonfiles/TECHNOLOGYPROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENTLESSONPLAN.pdf
http://www.gearthblog.com/basics.html
http://www.gelessons.com/lessons/
http://www.gearthblog.com/images/images2006/GEmousemat.jpg
http://www.gisuser.com/index2.php?option=content&do_pdf=1&id=12420
These sites include student activities, such as games and puzzles. I knew that my geography skills were poor, but this was embarrassing.
Global Schoolhouse's Geo Game http://www.globalschoolnet.org/GSH/project/gg/?CFID=6540409&CFTOKEN=81682259
Google Earth Lessons site http://gelessons.com/lessons/
Window on the World Field Trip http://www.tramline.com/cross/world/
The Greatest Places http://www.greatestplaces.org/
I did share the site below with my students. It allows you to choose words and phrases in any language that are then spoken by a native speaker. We practiced our Thai and German since we have an exchange student from each of those countries. Very fun!
" If you don’t speak the language of your chosen country, the many resources here will help! Besides lists of foreign languages spoken in individual countries, there are also dictionaries, international holiday and festival calendars, a foreign word-of-the-day feature, and on-line multi-language word games. This site could generate many fun activities, such as collecting certain phrases in several languages or matching languages to countries. For example, many students may not realize that Brazilians speak Portuguese or that Dutch is the main language spoken in Belgium."
http://www.travlang.com
Jenae Tilley 9-12th Grade Math
- Ancient World Exploration
This activity provides the website www.teachingideas.co.uk/math/worksheets/ratiows.htm. This was a great tool that I used the day before the midterm test in my Algebra I class to help my students review for the section covering ratios and proportions. It thought it was great for them to see some practical applications. It covers recipes, money, mixing paint, etc. They loved it! I will use it again when I get to that concept in Geometry. The students said it helped them understand, by using the repetitive problems and applying it to real world concepts.- Baseball Safety
In Algebra II we are on the parabola unit. This activity offered a website, www.ugrad.math.ubc.ca that has a calculus lesson on Rates of Change and the Slope of a Curve and The Velocity of the Falling Ball. I used this as a power point to show the students the relation of parabolas and how it changes form an Algebra II concept to a calculus concept. Some that feared the word “calculus” saw that it was very relative. When they could easily solve the problems at the end of the activity, they thought maybe calculus wouldn’t be so hard.- Water Supply in a Growing Community
On this website, under the math activity, there is a fantastic link, www.analyzemath.com/Trigonometry. This website provides a trig tutorial with practice problems. Since the ACT test is coming up and this is an area in which my students need to improve, I shared this website with them. It has trig problems with detailed solutions, problems and self tests to identify graphs, and you can also access trig tables. (So I also shared this with my son for his college trig class.) This site also gives links and tutorials on geometry, Equations and Inequalities, Absolute Value and other algebra concepts. It also has free worksheets to download and free graph paper. I don’t even want to tell you how much time I have spent here!! Let’s just say for the past week and a half we have been reviewing for ACT in Algebra III and we have lived on this website. It was my favorite by far!!J. J. Grantham 9-12th Grade English
- Citations
This was an excellent site (www.cite.auckland.ac.nz/) for high school students looking to simplify research papers, essays, and other writing assignments. I have always directed students to easybib.com for any questions regarding MLA citation guidelines, but I found this sight to be much more user friendly in terms of navigation. It also provides wonderful links on how to incorporate references into the actual text. Thanks Referencite! You’ve made life worth living!- Power Proofreading / Guide to Grammar and Writing
These resources would be useful to students of all ages in teaching students how to effectively proofread their own papers as well as their peers. I really appreciate the fact that the proofing is done in the context of paragraphs as opposed to individual sentences.Brenda Silvers 7-9th Grade English
- Power Proofreading
I love this website, http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread. I played the 7th and 8th grade proofreading games for almost 45 minutes. The scenarios were interesting to read and very pertinent to my curriculum. I can see myself using this with my 7th graders as a follow up to grammar lessons that I teach. I could also use it when I am pushing the proofreading step in the writing process with my 8th graders. This would really help them learn to spot and fix errors in a fun way that I think they could then easily apply to their own writing. The only problem that I can see with implementing this in my classroom is our shortage of student computers. We have mobile laptop labs, but I think the number of working computers in those labs is dwindling quickly. I will have to check with our schools technology director about available computers for my students. If I can figure out a way to put my students in front of a computer, I will use this proofreading website.- Guide to Grammar and Writing
WOW! I am in awe of this website http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/. Thank you so much for helping me to find it. I spent more than two hours investigating this site and did not want to stop when I did. It contains student-friendly grammar and writing explanations that range from very basic to extremely complicated, as well as, interactive quizzes and activities that students will enjoy and like using. Since our student computer situation is n't so hot, I could use the explanations and interactive quizzes as group activities and teaching tools because I do have a laptop connected to a projector in my classroom. However, the aspect that I am most excited about are the powerpoint presentations, WOW! I can begin using them now with my 8th graders. I will use them as supplements to my writing instruction. The "Paragraph (basic structure)", "Avoiding Run-On Sentences", "Avoiding Sentence Fragments", and "Clauses:Essential Building Blocks" are all powerpoint presentations that I will use in the very near future with my 8th graders, as we are studying these topics now in my classroom. They will provide extra instruction and will reinforce what I have already taught on these topics. The other powerpoint presentations on various grammar points are also very relevant and useful. When we get into proofreading and peer editing our essays, then I can easily use these grammar powerpoints as quick mini-lessons on writing errors on which they need to focus while they are proofreading their own writing or peer editing another's writing. I could have searched the web all day and not found such a great site. Thank you, again.- Read Write Think
I really like this wesite http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=36. The first Read Write Think Lesson called a "A Poem of Possibilties: Thinking about the Future" can be found here http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=943. This website has the lesson plans and resources ready to go for teaching this lesson to students. I am so impressed. I can see my Freshmen really immersing themselves in this assignment. Updike's poem will be very relevant to them, and they will enjoy thinking and writing about what they believe they will be doing five years from now. I also like the "ReadWriteThink Printing Press" http://interactives.mped.org/ppress110.aspx . I believe this site could be utilized by all of my students for a varieity of purposes and writing assignments. I see it as a reward for their completion of the writing process and way of publishing their writing in a technologically creative fashion, which they will thoroughly enjoy just like they enjoyed the Glogster website.Carolyn Lunsford 7-9th Grade Math
I really enjoyed looking at these activities. I found about half of them to be helpful in my classroom. These are my favorites:
Virtual Trip Around the World
- This activity contains some interesting applications that allow students to learn a variety of facts about different countries via the computer. I really enjoyed the google earth link: http://earth.google.com/ as a tool to bring the world to your computer screen. The activity addressed such math concepts as mean, median and mode, data collection and graphs, statistics and slope. Graphs and slope are really important concepts in algebra so I like to present these concepts in as many ways as possible to better help students understand them. I firmly believe that a good math lesson is often 'hidden' in a project that students consider fun and interesting.
Factory Systems in England- This activity caught my eye because it includes the concept of rate of change. I have found that my pre-algebra students are able to master the concept of slope, but have more trouble understanding rate of change. Additional concepts covered in this activity include cost of living, data collection and graphing, budgets, ratios and density. I like to assign projects to students to allow them to relate a variety of concepts that are cross-curricular. A helpful tool for preparing projects is the Inspiration software: http://www.inspiration.com/Inspiration . This software helps students in the planning, organization, reasearch and presentation portions of project development.
Lost in SpaceWendy Wolfe 7-9th Grade Science
Melanie Ballard Technology
OSU ITQ Follow-upSusan Stansberry,
Black History:
I am thinking of working with Jimmie Sue Blose during her Black History section. We will work with 5th and 6th graders. I would like to teach them to use refined google searches that you shared with us and research the areas that Mrs Blose chooses for them and then help them make a video using of what they learn and teach them to post http://schooltube.com/.
I also think that http://webquest.org/ would be a great tool to use with this lesson and many others
Lost In Space:
I really think that I could use the toondo idea to help the teacher make one of their science lessons for fun and interesting for their students. I can really think the kids could come up with some cute and creative cartoons about space and space travel. To me toondo would let the kids express what they have learned in a way that is on their level and the teacher could still see that they got the concept that was being taught.
Roller Coaster:
http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/ I would use this site to give our science class some ideas when they are doing their research for the Science Fair.
I really think I am better prepared for providing assistance to the teachers this year with this new technology information you have provided for me.
Thanks